Just came to mind

Kind of thick here I guess, but I have to ask, per my last post, why in the world does it take a BRITISH Catholic paper to report the OBVIOUS about the goings on with Obama and Catholicism, just really curious. Some times I think the wheel is still turning but the hamster is gone

Obama is getting widely panned for this in the mainstream American media as well. I’ve commented a few times here before–I’m not Catholic (or even religious), but I think this was a bone-headed decision on Obama’s part. It would have been fairly easy, relative to the burden, to grant an exemption. It’s unlikely that this would have stopped many people from having access to contraception/abortion/family planning. Instead, he chose to stick his finger in the eye of a huge chunk of Catholics.

Even Catholics who are liberal about contraception and abortion probably don’t want to see the Church FORCED to provide coverage for it by the government. I haven’t seen one prominent article supporting this decision.

“A bone-headed decision” is a kind analysis. If, as you say, it is “bone-headed” it shows a man who has lost the political sense elevating him to the White House. It shows a man who is perhaps a bit inebriated with power. Or it may show a man whose internal polling shows such a difficult position he needs to shore up his base with self inflicted wounds to regain the approval and energy of that base.

The bishops (as a class) support the health care initiatives of Democrats. The Democrats have a history of rewarding them with sincere disrespect. In 1993 Hillary Clinton crafted a health care bill as her husband’s standard bearer with provisions so extreme the bishops held a press conference announcing they were pulling their support. This administration shows it does not read or it does not care about the lessons of the past. I suspect they just think the bishops will stamp their feet and the faithful will do nothing.

The unkind analysis sees a President who may be in the early stages of a tyrannical bent.

When Catholic bishops appeal to concepts of “religious liberty” and “fundamental freedom” to counter a Democrat administration’s regulatory promulgations that administration has deep problems. It is time for the President to sound retreat. I doubt he will.